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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
THE LANDS.
Additional Poiat. from the Land ONCE Circular
on the Proposed Method Of Procedure.

ON the Proposed Method Of Procedure.
Washington, Sept. l2.-Followingis that
portion of Acting Land Commissioner
Stocksiager's circular regarding the restor-
alton OF the indemnity lands which has
not yet been made public:
As to lands covered by unapprove1 selec-
tions, applications to make filings and en-
tries thereof may be received, noted aid
held subject to the claim Of the company.
o. which claim the applicant must be dis.
tinctly informed and memoranda thereof
entered upon his papers. Whenever such
application 10 file or enter Is presented, al-
lesins upoE sufficient prima facio showing
that the land is not from any cause. sub
lect to the ~company's right ofsclection. no
tice thereof win be given to the proper
representatives OF the company which will
be allowed thirty days after service OF said
notice within which to present objections
TO the allowance OF said filing or entry.
Should the company fail to respond or
show cause before the district land officers
why the application shouid not be allowed
said application for fling or entry win be
admitted. and the selection held for cancel
alton; but should the company appear
and show cause, an Investigation will be or
dered under the rules of practice TO deter
mine whether said land is subject to the
right OF the company to make selection OF
the same, which shall be determined by the
register and receiver. subject to the right
Of appeal in either party. When appeals
are taken from the decision of the register
and receiver to this office in the class of
Eases above provided for, they will be
disposed OF without delay, and il the deci-
sion should be in favor OF the company,
and no appeal taken, the land will DO certi
lied to the secretary OF the interior for APP
proval Tor patent without requiring fur
Their action on the part OF the company,
sxceps the payment OF the required fees. II
the decision should he adverse to tbs com
pany, and no APPEAL be taken, the selection
viii be Cancelled and the filing or entry Gl
lowed subject to compliance with law.
Lands which have not been selected will
be subject to settlement and entry as 9TH
sr public lands. and notice to the company
will not be required.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

About 100 editors OF the state were
~banquetted at the Minneapolis exposition.
The settlement OF a will contest in New
York leaves A. w. Gray of Minnetonka
Mills richer by SIT, DOC.
Jacob Kohn, while sleeping alone al
Hamline, st. Paul, was b~rutally murdered
by a man he had befriended. The scene
OF the murder was in a two-story frame
house or Smelling avenue, about three
quarters Of q mile from Como Park,
A man named Nicholas Kill was
arrested on suspicion. He was searched
and Kohn's watch found on his person.
He had on the boots belonging to the
murdered man, and in his pocket was
found a large, single-bladed knife, on which
we're several blood stains. A brother Of
the murdered man Was at the station
when Kill was brought in, and grabbed
him by the throat, saying that il it were
not for the presence OF officers he would
treat him like he had served his broth.
er. Kill would not admit that he had
committed the murder, but his looks
and actions indicated his guilt.
About 10 survivors OF the Tenth Min.
nesota met in st. Paul, and elected the
following officers; President, s. p.
~Jennison; vice president, NJ. II. Sui.
livans treasurer, +. j. Hunt; secretary. HI.
ID. Mcdonnell. 1t was decided to appoint
an executive committee OF one from each
company and two from the staff officers
TO prepare n history OF the regiment.
The Seventh Minnesota. about ffty.e:eht
IN number, also met in st. Paul and elect
ed theiollowing officers: President William
h Marshall, vice president, A. B. Clarke;
secretary and treasurer, j. T. Ramer. 4
constitution and bylaws were adopted.
A committee. consisting OF two stat Off.
GERS and ono rem each company, was an.
pointed TO prepare a history OF the regi.
ment and the personnel Of the survivors.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
Close To Unseen Peril.
From The Boston Post.

From The Boston Post.
My remarks recently relating to
empty houses have called forth the
following from a correspondent of
NINE:
A gentleman of this city, living on
Beacon ST., was accustomed during
the absence of his family at Nahant
to occupy a room in his city house on
stormy nights when he was unable to
reach that stormy promontory. with
his yacht. One Saturday night. being
forced by a heavy rain and absence OF
wind to give up his projected trip, he
returned to his residence, unlocked
the door, entered and proceeded to
light q candle which he usually left on
tho hall table. He was struck by a
elimination OF its size. and, knowing
that he alone possessed the keys of
the house. his suspicious were aroused
and he FASTENED to his bedroom for a
pair OF queerly mounted reviewers
which he kept in his bureau drawer.
he found them gone, but being a
plucky man he started or a
tour OF inspection, and taking
hrst the rooms opening on the front
staircase, he proceeded to the attic and
from there down the back stairs TO
the cellar. On arriving there he push.
ed open the door, and, standing upon
the doorsill, examined the place, but
finding nothing to excite his suspicious
he returned to his room, PUT out his
light and went to bed. About two
years after two burglars were caatu
ed in New Jersey and sentenced, one
OF them capitally for murder. This
man, before his execution, asked for
pen and paper, saying he wished to
write to a certain Mr.. Gin Boston.
This was granted, and 90 wrote the
gentleman that if he examined tn.
top OF a certain beam in his cellar he
would lind his revolvers, which he and
ms mate had removed from his bureau
on the night referred to when mis- sus-
piclons We're aroused, and added that
he had followed him closely while he
was scanning his rooms, and finally
had concealed himself behind the col
lar door, which had hidden him when
Air. C-opened it. The burglar added.
1T was lucky Tor you that youdidn't
look behind the door, as ! was ready
for you with a knife.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
Dreaming of His Fathers Death.

From the st. John New Brunswick) Glohe.
Not long ago a young son of Cam.
sutten. the master of the shin Mns.
koka, dreamed OF a terrible storm AZ
SEA. In his dream he saw the skyb hid.
den by the dense, black masses of
clouds, through which darted cleaning
shafts OF lightning. The waters of
deep were tossed to and fro bv ths
tempest, their foam-covered crests
rising almost to the heavens. In tba
midst OF the awful scene was his fath.
er's ship, calamity s~trusglin. with tba
storm, and great seas washing over,
her from stem to stern. While hepay.
ea IN his dream III sea more furious
than h rest swept across the vessel
ana carried in its embrace the form Of
nus father. He watched him until no
saw him disappear beneath the surpes.
ana then IN an agony OF fright he
screamed aud awoke. Evegyth;ne
seemed so terribly realistic that tha
youth awoke his mother and told bs1
Of ms terrible vision. She fears 81
|. VIII only prove too true. [1a
lost. fup as
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

The locomotive engineers and the
locomotive firemen, two OF the oldest
and most conservative labor organi-
cations in the country, with membey-
ships, respectively of 20. 900 and IT,
900. did not spend a dollar last year
for strikes. Their contributions to
deserving and suffering members of
their order and their families reach
the large sum of $52s. 600. If nom.
bership and contributions of these
two associations be deducted from
the totals. the record of the remaining
~ organizations will be as follows:
Membership, los, e15; benefit ex-
senses, S244,290.47; expenses of
strikes, etc, S1ss. SO. 80. Thus out
OF every 500 expended by the IL as
scciations over $50 has gone to sup
port strikes. while only $64 has been
spent in benefits. To put the figures
ii another way, the 81, 900 members
Of the locomotive engineers and fire.
mems association have expended
s528. 600 for mutual benefits, whilo
nesgly three times their number, 108.-
600 ssembers Of other associations,
hkys expended only hall chat amount
p mutnai bsns6t.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
The Greatest woman 3
Country.


From the Niles, Mich Dsm,er,s
Some weeks since We prom;sa
possible, to obtain an accoupt !,
work done by one OF our Mich;.., ,
dies in one year.
This lady is Mrs. Catherine n,
ry, and the record from fan Il Ia
to fall OF 1886 is substantiaIIy I,
lows, in her own concise iape,s%
"shelled 55 bushels OF corn and z.
it in the bin. Got homee BOG po,ss.
OF coal and putiti in the bin. Tr;ms
so rods OF fence and burned mas
the brush. Sheared eight
Dropped IL acres of corn and ia.
cover it. Worked three acres 81 s..
ploughed it five times and hoed II
Topped it and hauled the lodSs,
the barn. Snapped the corn andtoos
it to the barn, where my HUSBAND !.
years husked it. 1t made los brs,s'
intheear. Igatheredmy pumpkin s,
dug my potatoes and got fifteen cors'
OF wood in the shed and piled II !.
Gathered my apples and put them !.
the cellar. TOOK my cider ami
the mill and brought back five bs,,'s'
OF cider. Took one load to the go
mill and sold them. Ispaded i'm i.
ground and planted ard worked -
garden. Moved twenty rod 81 81
fence and helped move twenty rncs.
! cut and made my husband H.
coat, and cut and made q yssz ~
pants and four shirts and hemnss
three pocket handkerchiefs ior b,m
Made myself six dresses fthrea S..
ones and three common onesj. MI
aprons, one polonaise, eight ,sa;r 4
pillow cases. four sheets, and hemp,sS
twelve napkins.
There are 923 pages m III.
Old Testament, and read Sid
pages besides religious and oths.
papers, and kept a diary Of ~
weather and my work, and An IL
count of what We bought and ia
with day and date. Did nv honss.
work and took care OF my stock-
three horses, three head OF cattje
eight sheep, and fifty hens-and ran
ed a pet cat.
Mrs. Carberryis 81 years Of aes and
weighs but ninety-fye pounds. She
retires each night at 10 O'Clock and
rises at 4 O'Clock each morning. and
takes no maps between times.
In addition to the above. the LAW
has taken care of an invalid husband
and done many things u~nmenti5ned
in this account, and among them N
may mention that she has taken and
paid for in advance the local paper
and has honorably paidever. u
everything she has bought.
This is a woman's work, and IL
record is sufficiently commedable ID
make many q man blush for shame,
Few there are who have so fully to-
lowed the admonition. "Whatsoeyes
he saith unto you, do it."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
Homss for the Old sOldisrs.

An executive session of the soldiers
home commission was held at Minneapo.
lis, a few days ago, at which the deed OF
the land at Minnshaha falls a formally
accepted in behalf Of the state OF Minnesota,
and the home declared located at that
point. The cottage system, or g
series of small buildings instead Of
one large building, vas approved by
the commission, and the OK.
ecutive committee was instructed TO
have the plans drawn accordingly. 1t was
decided to rent the Henry and Balch prop
erty near the falls for a temporary home,
and Secretary Sawyer, OF the commission
will be placed in charge until the perma.
nent superintendent is elected at a future
meeting. Mayor Ames. Judge Burr OF st.
Paul, and Senator Pope OF Mankato
were also present at the meeting.
A vote OF thanks was rendered to
the city by the commission for
its gift to the disabled and unfortunate
survivors of the war, to which the mayor
responded in a neat speech. He said the
city will remain loyal to the home in every
respect, and will extend it's park system
so as to include the institution and the
grounds connected Herewith. The execu,
tive committee was authorized to employ
a landscape architectto lay out and adorD
the temporary sad permanent sites.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
Pullman Car BuilIug.

The Chicago Mail say When y
Pullman returns he ilfnd tie q
shops inthe suburb souh osusrusne1
with orders AS they hae not besa
years. The orders nov on nana e
not be executed by JAR /, 1888. y
Pullman system nov employs9 =
persons. In the car shops Of
man alone there ae {, 300 vorks
and their pay roll f,r June was ~
600. This is an average OF about
a month, including many girls pez
ana nnskilled laborers. 1t Is ths q
est average of salary paid oI Z
manufacturing Concern IN the ~
States. Skilled mechanics =.
man make froh SIS to $lav +
month. "Whas was the cost
most expensive car ever duilt q
Pullmans?" 7 asked the head & &
OF the Departments there. ia
thousand dollars vas the reply
came to grief, howevers was III asz s,
Up and was destroyed. Tns
cost OF . Pullman car is aoous q
900. The fvestibule car costs
900" 20 you build cars a. e
man and Ship them to the oae
try we construct the nss}
running parts here and Gen.
to the derby shops 70
where tie woodwork hnish'ns s's
h~olsterjng are done.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
The Father of Forts.one.

Harrisburg (Pa.l Cor. New York Times.
81 read in The Times a Few dayj
ago." said a member OF the Readiz
bar, on a visit to the city, Gan I'll
count OF a man in Western. Penpesy
vania who died the father OF thirlg-
three children. at the age ofninety-sIx.
When John Heffner, of Reading, u1s}
accidentally killed by the cars in that
city in 1885, at the age of sixty-niss
he was the father of forty-one Aa1
dren, and a step-child also called kinI
father. Heffner was one OF ReadiuEz|
characters, and was in the full WED
of health when he was killed. II I
doubtful If his record in the pat6az1|
line was ever equaled. Hetfner va
a dwarfed hunehback. He was bcu5l
in Berlin in 1915, and came II
this country in 1S43, s~ettlirg =
Reading. Until his death he mad u
living by collecting and selling r.
and paper. His remarkable fan1l
history is part of the records ii
Berks county courts, it having ~
elected a short time before his det
while he was a witness in a lawsuit.
HE was married first i'll 1640 ri
eight years his first wife bore him SD
enteen children. The first and seco3
years of their marriage she gave bf4
to twins. For four successive ysx
afterward she gave birth, to trips3
In the seventh year she gave but
to n child, and died soon afterxs5
OF the seventeen children she left. cd
~sequently, the Oldest was only seq
years of age. Heffner engaged ayoq
woman to look after his large BIRD
OF babies. and three months later
became the second Mrs Heffner.
presented her husband with two
dren the first two years. Five VI
laters she rad added ten more tot
family, two at every birth. Them
three years she added but ONE q
She died before another year c4
round. OF the ~thrty-two child
that John HeAner haa been preset
with twelve had died, The tse
that were left, however. did not
pear to be any obstacle 10 ayoI
widow with one child consentinS
become the third wife of the iolly
humpback for he was known as
OF the happiest and most genial
In Reading, although it kept him e
ing like a slave to keep his scoree
mouths in bread. The third M
Heffner became the mother OF M
children to her husband in ten veal
and the contentment and happlnz
OF the couple was p~royerbial.
day in the fab of 1885 the fatb4
the forty-one children was cro
the Reading track and'was u
by a LOCOMOTIVES and instantly
But for that sad ending OF his
IS impossible to estimate whaA
size of the little peddlel's tm9
would eventually have bee
widow and a large number OF hens
dren-I believe there are twerft162z
OF the forty,eight still livingl ys
Reading. They are all thty e.
respectable people,"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

VIM. II. Black, chief counsel for the Chi.
cago anarchists says: Before we shall &C.
quiesee in the carrying out of this sentence
we shall feel il to be our duty to exhaust
every possible esource and shall, there
fore, make an application to tho supreme
court OF the United States, believing that
there are questions in the case involving
the determination OF the rights of the de.
PENDANTS as guaranteed to them under the
United States constitution and the amend.
ments thereof, which is the supreme law oil
the land.
Says w. A. Foster, a prominent mem.
her OF the anarchist counsel in the trial
Notwithstanding the talk OF an appeal to
the United States supreme court, the only
hope now is in the mercy OF Gov. 0glesby.
/ have no doubt whutever hat the sen.
tence four of the seven will be commanded
do not believe that Fiellen, Schwab,
or Parsons will ever be hanged, and very
much doubt whether Fischer will. As to
the others, at present | must confess II
looks pretty blue.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

Pay in the German army is miser-
ably low. Privates receives about So
a month. and second l~ieutenants only
S25. The men are required to do
hard service. even in times of peace,
and are kept under the discipline
which has obtained in the German ar
mics since the days of the father of
Frederick the Great. The United
States regulars get the best pay and
have the easiest time of any troops in
the world.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

X8
Lewiston Me- Journal s.
we have it," said oculist e 2
OF Portland. He tumoled oae !
rusty ships compass a orsaa
S1oq note and tossed it into t0s
"FvS found everything else Dss x !:
oet9re now in a ships compass y
reckon this is the first time
yefrs' experience that a~greenes
come to light. A ships comps
Chow, is the caps strong
4repair lots OF them every sss sa
Always run across some cu.5 &
fosher, but the dollar OF the oss
did / spy before. I've got
of rusty padiocks, jackskn1sS
etc, that ! have fslaed Guy
chrcn ometers and compa
Yankee sea dogs"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

The application OF johann Most to de-
clare his intention to become a citizen at
New York was rejected by the chief clerk OF
the superior court. Most said he would ap-
peal to the courts. Most contended that
he believed in the United States constitu-
ton and was well disposed toward the
good order and happiness OF the American
people. In reply to tho question "Do you
believe in obeying the laws as they are
passed by the proper authorities OF the
state OF New York" be answered, yes, if
they are good laws He also announced
that he should feel it his duty to use force
aqains the authorities TO secure the abro-
cation Of laws detrimental TO the people.
On receiving these replies the clerk refused
10 administer the oath OF allegiance. Since
the split in the United Labor party the So
cialists have worked to bring out their full
strength at the polls. Large numbers of
socialists and anarchists have OK late de-
clared their intentions OF becoming citizens,
and Most's unexpected application is sup
posed to ne due to this policy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

The big cathedral. which the New
York Episcopalians see looming up in
the near future, is sure to be built.
say the enthusiastic advocates of the
enterprise. 1t is to cost S1o.o 0o, 900,
AMI a site near Mornington Park,
which will cost half a million dollars.
in the one desired. If this cannot be
hal, another site on 90sh street. east
of Central Park, w i'll do. At allevents,
the work is to be accomplished; and,
as half milliondollars, which is enough
TO pay for the site, has been pledged,
and the subscription appeals are to
be pushed vigorously this fall, the ad-
socates OF the enterprise have cause
to be hopeful.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

The change from spirituous to fer
menred liquors which is so marked a
feature of the drink statistics of the
United States. is clearly shown by the
internal returns for July OF
this year. Tie revenue from the tax
on malt liquors was S204.727 in ex-
cess Of that collected in the CORE
spending month OF 1885. while there
was an actual decrease ofS17S, 54oin
the collections on spirits. This may
be regarded a movement favorable to
temperance. or rather, against drunk
enness, which is apt to follow
the consumption OF spirituous than
of Ter mented liquors.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
BIC. eIadstone has ielt compelled to

Mr.. Gladstone has felt compelled to
decline the invitation to participate
in the centennial celebration of the
constitution at Philadelphia. The
reasons given in the letter show that
MIR, Gladstone expects never to be able
to visit this country, and that Ameri.
cans in consequence will never have
the opportunity of seeing the great
statesman. In his letter OF declination
he pays the highest compliments to
the constitution OF the United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

In 1880 the output of the Pennsyl-
vania iron mines was 90 per cent OF
the whole country. while it had fallen
to 80 per cent last year. The Phila-
delpliia Press believes that its ratio
viii he less than so per cent by 1890.
The increase in yield for the country
as a whole every year is rapid. but
the growth in some of the other States
is relatively greater than in Pennsyl-
yania.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

The British Columbia government
recently borrowed 81, 600. 600 to pay
current expenses, and a big deficit
is expected when the legislature meets.
Like the other Canadian provinces,
British Columbia depends on subsi.
d > from Ottawa, and is chronically
entangled in the meshes OF fiuancier-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

Miss Francis Willard, president of
the Women's National Christian AS
ISOLATION. Delivered an address in st.
Paui's Church, Cincinnati. In the
course Of her remarks she predicted
that Tennessee would vote almost
soiidly for a ~prohibitory constitu-
tional amendment on the goth inst.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

ye, hear ye, as the
Justices filed into
the court room.
headed by Chief
Justice Sheldon,
who appeared
moro digpifed than
ever. Justice Ma
gruder appeared
flushed and ne--
vous as he entered
the court room, the
u of which was
evidenced a few
N o m ents later,
when Chief Justice
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

The corn crop OF the South this
year will be the largest ever raised, ex-
cseding the crop of 1886 by over co.
DOC. 900 bushels. Increase in corn as
compared with the crop of 1884 is
Io7, 600, coo bushels; compared with
1885. 10000. 900 bushels, and With
1886, 81 1000. 600 bushels.